A Candle in the Window

April 28, 2013
Dave Marttunen

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Light illuminates. By nature it dispels darkness. Darkness is not the opposite of light, it is the absence of light.  Light fills the void of the dark. The gospel, which is the light of the world embodied and made visible in Christ, is what fills our lives and shines out from our lives. Today, we continue our series on Good Neighbour Church by studying what it means to be light in our world. We will learn that light can shine if it is intentionally given advantage. It can be hidden, eclipsed or otherwise concealed. Today, we are challenged to exercise our faith in Jesus by choosing to shine.

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Learn to Throw A Party for Jesus

April 21, 2013
Kevin Thiessen

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The story of Levi, whose other name was Matthew, was about a man who was contracted with the Roman government to collect taxes from fellow Jews, pocketed the gain for himself, and was excluded from any form of community life. He was restricted to social life with peers within his profession, and often shunned and hated by countrymen, neighbors, and even relatives. Levi’s transformation occurred when he met Jesus Christ one day. He later became an apostle and wrote the first book of the New Testament. When Levi excitedly gathered his colleagues for a feast with Jesus, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were offended and scandalized by Jesus’ association with Levi and others like him and posed this question to the disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Overcoming Habits of Inhumanity

April 14, 2013
Dave Marttunen

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Choosing to love our neighbor requires that we order our time and overcome our fear. We cultivate habits of inhumanity when we fail to manage our minutes and tame our fear. To be a Good Neighbor Church requires all

of us to let God rule our calendars and calm our fears. Our culture teaches us to be selfish; our faith requires us to surrender our self to God, as our LORD. Today, in the second message on Good Neighbor Church, Pastor Marttunen teaches from Luke 10: 25-42 and Deuteronomy 1:19 -33.

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Bloom Where You Are Planted

April 7, 2013
Dave Marttunen

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A Good Neighbour Church stops looking for loopholes as it decides to bloom where it has been planted. Deciding to stay and serve is the call God gives us in Jeremiah 29:4-7. A ‘Good Neighbour Church’ chooses to be the

friend their community needs. The hallmark of a Good Neighbour Church is intention. Good relations and good service are twin actions that adorn the gospel of Jesus Christ. Living out faith means that a Good Neighbour Church lives out the whole gospel for the whole man. Loving God and loving others, which Jesus defined as the greatest commandment, is the motivation of every Good Neighbour Church. The gospel of Jesus forms our identity and fuels our love for others because we have experienced God’s full acceptance and forgiveness in Christ. Today’s message is based on Luke 10:25-37; supported by Jeremiah 29:4-7 and Acts 17:24-28. 

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The Power of the Cross

March 31, 2013
Dave Marttunen

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Easter for the believer in Jesus, is the celebration of God’s Power at work for him and in him. The Bible proclaims that Jesus died for men. The act of his death was historic and decisive. The resurrection demonstrates that God

accepts the sacrifice of Jesus. On the cross, Christ changes places with every human being. In death, Jesus becomes our ransom. He pays the full penalty of our sin. But there is much more. In addition to our debt being cancelled, the cross is the means of bringing to us a new life. The Christian is now a new kind of person with a new potential. There is a new identity in place and a new potential to be developed.

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